Army To Stop Buying AM General’s HUMVEE Vehicles

February 5, 2010 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: AM General, Business Line, Companies, Events, Federal Budget Process, Services, U.S. Army, logistics, production program 

In their 2011 budget request the Army reports that 2011 will be the last year of procurement for the ubiquitous AM General HUMVEE light truck. This four wheeled vehicle replace the venerable Jeep in U.S. military service in 1984. The HUMVEE will still be available for purchase by other U.S. services and for sales overseas but the Army states it has met its Acquisition Objective. There will also be contracts to maintain the existing fleet of vehicles.

The Army though does provide about half the market for the vehicle so the loss will be a blow to AM General. There is a new program in development called the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) that will when complete start replacing the HUMVEE. The U.S. is also investing in thousands of new trucks. Losses in Iraq and Afghanistan have been substantial but one of the reasons HUMVEE production is ending is recently there have been less damaged or destroyed then estimated.

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U.S. Buys More HUMVEES

January 8, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: AM General, Business Line, Contract Additions, Department of Defense, Events, Michigan, Services, States, production program 

The U.S. Department of Defense executed an option to buy 1,700 more HUMVEE vehicles as part of an existing contract with AM General. WNDU.com reports the award is worth over $250 million. The U.S. military will soon be moving to replace the HUMVEE with the JLTV vehicle, but there is still requirements for thousands of these vehicles. Iraq and Afghanistan have been especially harsh on the modern jeep and versions with more and better weapons and armor have been developed.

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Army announces JLTV teams

October 30, 2008 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: AM General, BAE Systems, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Navistar, U.S. Army, development program, logistics, production program 


The US Army announced the three teams of companies that will be awarded development contracts for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The companies have a little over two years to develop a prototype vehicle for a series of tests. Then at least one, but hopefully from the DoD side possibly two, of the teams will be awarded production contracts. BAE is on two of the winning teams, those led by Navistar and Lockheed Martin. The third winning team was a new company, General Tactical Vehicles, made up of AM General and General Dynamics. The contract has the potential to be large with tens of thousands of JLTV vehicles being procured to replace the HUMVEE.

See Crain’s Detroit Business for the story.

Cross posted at BNET.

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US Army buys more HUMVEES

August 12, 2008 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: AM General, Contract Awards, U.S. Army, logistics, production program 

AM General was awarded a contract to build more HUMVEES for the Army. See a press release here. The contract is worth over $240 M. The HUMVEE is the ubiquitous jeep replacement in the US military. Although the soft skinned version has been replaced in Iraq and Afghanistan by up armored versions and MRAPS, the US military still uses thousands of them all over the world as a general purpose vehicle.

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